Media Recaps Brandon Marshall Trouble Again (get used to it)
After a suspicious encounter with a TV in which the infamous UCF star injured himself, Brandon Marshall has since lied regarding the circumstance surrounding the injury. Now lying should come as no surprise to UCF players and fans as it occurs at the very top of the UCF football program, but the Denver Post does a good job sorting through the latest Marshall incident.
Excerpt from full story linked here
“I understand I’ve had my problems, but what people are saying, they’re trying to twist this thing around to make me sound like some kind of bad guy,” Marshall said Monday.
Marshall has been some kind of bad guy in part because he has had lots of problems and isn’t always forthcoming.
While he was a student-athlete at the University of Central Florida in 2004, Marshall was arrested in Orlando (where the recent “accident” occurred) on charges of assault on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. According to The Orlando Sentinel, Marshall’s friends were arguing outside with others at a Denny’s, and police were called. As the result of a shouting match, Marshall was arrested and handcuffed. Charges against Marshall were dropped, but he was suspended for one game. In another incident, he was charged with driving with a suspended license. There have been other unkind descriptions about Marshall’s stay at UCF.
Those occurrences can be dismissed as college foolishness and irresponsibility.
However, 2007, off the field, was particularly ugly for Marshall, and can’t be dismissed so readily.
Shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day, Broncos teammate Darrent Williams was murdered. Another Denver wide receiver, Javon Walker (released recently), and Williams’ friends told HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” that trouble began when two men got into an argument with Marshall and his cousin at a nightclub in downtown Denver. Media reports stated that Marshall sprayed champagne on the men, and they flashed gang signs. The dispute later was continued outside, and Walker said he pulled Williams away and into a limousine as Marshall and his cousin left in another car. Soon after a shot was fired into the limo Walker and Williams jumped in, and Williams was killed.
Marshall has declined to talk publicly (but, no doubt, to investigators) about events that night leading up to the tragedy.
In March of last year, Marshall was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence and false imprisonment. Marshall attempted to prevent a taxi, which picked up his girlfriend, from leaving his property in suburban Denver. Marshall said he was trying to retrieve his cellphone. Chargers were dropped when Marshall completed an anger management course.
Marshall was charged with DUI in October after being stopped in LoDo, but pleaded not guilty, and his attorney is challenging the Breathalyzer test result.
With the Broncos, at training camp last year, Marshall sat out the first two weeks with a quadriceps injury. Coach Mike Shanahan then ordered Marshall to practice.
After the Broncos’ 41-3 loss to San Diego at home on Oct. 7, Marshall ripped the spectators, most of whom departed long before the humiliating game ended. “If you’re going to be a Broncos fan, be a Broncos fan. Don’t boo us when we’re down. When we start winning, then what?”
In December Marshall got into a brief shouting match in a receivers meeting with assistant coach Jeremy Bates, but denied rumors that he told Bates to cut him from the team.